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Sometime.
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Sometlmes in my life’s early morning.
Sweet dreams of the future there came;
_ Dreams of a future immortal, '
Of a life full of glory and fame ;
But the sweet dreams of childhood are over
And awakened by thoughts more sublimgl
M y laurel's I'll reap at Death’s river,
As I crass its dark water sometime.
Sometimes. when my soul is weary
And burdened with care and woe,
I wander alone by the streamiet,
And list to its musical-flow :
And I fancy the voice of an angel
Blends with its musical chime.
Awaking my soul from its slumber
With the notes of the sweet sometime.
Sometimes I think of a loved one
Who has passed from mortal sight.
Borne away in the arms of an angel.
Away to the mansions of light;
Up the golden stair, unfettered.
His" world-weary feet may climb ;
I, too, shall mount it, beside him,
in the distant. yet near, sometime.
Miss Madison’s Match.
Madge Madison was good-looking.
She was neither too tall nor too short,
too plump nor tooskinny. She had a
clear complexion, regular features, and
a pair of wonderfully attractive liquid
gray eyes. She had also an undeniable
knack of so manipulating her sometimes
shabby clothes, that the beholder ceased
to remark their shabbiness in the dis-
tinction of the wearer. Not that the
wearer liked shabby clothes—rho loathed
them with a fervor . few people credited
her with, but she was essentially a self-
contained person, and endured the
minor ills of life with grapeful fortitude.
' The Madisons had never had any money
to speak of, and just now things had
come to a crisis with them.
“ What on earth's to be done with all
you girls i" Col. Madison had asked
this, very helplessly, of his four mother-
_ less daughters, that morning, at break-
fast.
It was the Christmas holidays, and
the three younger ones had, of course,
turned up with the Christmas bills,
equally importunate and inopportunc
to their father. Three more months to
be filled, three fine, tall. growing girls
to be clad in something, and the school
bills going 'On merrily all the time. N o
wonder the wretched colonel groan-ed
over his quiver-full.
“We must marry," said Lilian. the
beauty of the family.
“ We must work." said“ Ethel,» who
ten]: life seriouslyL and had “'visws."
"Thank goodness I'm too young for
anything heroic to be expected of me,"
said Barbara, the baby, panting.
" Has any thin g phrticulur happened ‘2"
inquired Madge.
“ The bank has gone, and with it all I
had. except my pension," said the
unfortunate colonel, sighing deeply.
"When I die you will all of you be
paupers, so ’it will be better for you to
set about doing something for your-
selves before that sad day comes. , For
your sakes, my children, I shall take
every imaginable care of myself; but
alas ! the best of us is but mortal. "
That ufi'ecting thought was too much
for the unlucky parent. He lapsed into
a melancholy taciturnity for the remain-
der of the meal.
At "its conclusion, Madge, who had
been thinking matters over, said:
“Father, you are right about our
doing something for ourselves. I can’t
be a governess; I don’t know enough;
but old Lady Dumbledon wants a com-
pany-keeper. _I'll ask her to take me.
I shall be earning sixty pounds a. year,
and at the same time be relieving you
of one of your incumbrances. "
"You're a good girl, Madge. I'm
sorry to sacrifice you, I‘m sure; but 'I
don't see any help for it," replied the
colonel. .
Miss Madison was a girl of action.
She speedily had all the preliminaries
settled with Lady Dumbledon. whose
service she was to enter toward the end
of January. But before taking up her
new duties, she permitted herself the
relaxation of a visit to a. school friend.’
now well married and living in Ken-
sington.
She returned from the outing some-
what pensive. and, in reply to theafi‘ec-
tionate badinage of her sisters, suffered
it to be elicited that she had met a. man
at her friend's house, whom. in more.
fortunate circumstances, she could have ~
cared a good deal for. Unhappily, if,
as she owned she suspected, the favor-
able impresSion had been mutual, there
could be no result fromiii.
She had, however, miscalculated the
power of her own attractions. On the
éve of starting for Lady Dumbledcn's,
she received a singular letter from the
man whose good fortune it had been to
sostrongly recommend himself to her.
He “had been irresistibly drawn " to
her, he said, in the few days that they
had been thrown together, but he had
then been too poor a man to let the dic-
tates of his heart find utterance. He
had let her go in silence, and had suf-
fared much in so doing. Now. things
were changed with him. He had most
unexpectedly come into a property of
ten thousand pounds a year by the and-
den death of a relative, and he hastened
to ofi'er himself and his newly acquired
fortune, for‘ her acceptance. Circum-
stances connected with his accession to
fortune, necessitated his immediately
starting for Australia, and would keep
him out of England for a year. Would
she forgive his precipitate wooing,
out of charity for the violence of his
passion for her, and promise to become
his wife as soon as he returned to his
home!
Miss Medical carried the letter df- _
rectly to her farther.
“What shall you do,rchild?" he in-
quired anxiously.
I will take your advice, but I am
inclined to accept'Mr. Smith-White's
ofi'er," she added, casting down her
eyes, and growing a little polo.
“You were always a most sensible
girl, Madge, and to be trusted about
your own afi'aire. Accept him by all
means, if you feel you can."
"'Down on your knees. and thank
Heaven, fasting for a rich man's love,”
quoted Lilian, the beauty, on the mat-
ter being explained to her in the ab-
solute need of her usually self-reliant
sister for a confidante.
Thus encouraged by her family, Miss
Madison accepted her fate. In return
for her complaisancc, she received a
rapturous (registered) letter of thanks,
enclosing a magnificent diamond be-
trothal ring. Mr. Smith-White pas—
sionatst deplored his hard luck in
being obliged to embark without
matching one brief interview with his
betrothed, but his ship was to sail that
night. and he had no time to come down
to Norwood.
The Dowager Lady Dumbledon,
being apprised of recent events, graci-
ously released her from her engagement,
and, furthermore, invited her to spend
a few days on a'. friendly visit. Being a
kind old lady with romantic proclivities,
the dowager even gave the bride elect
many pretty little presents, out of sheer
benevolence toward a girl about to do so
well forhcrself. It was Madge's first
realization of the great truth, thatto
those who have (or are going to have)
The months flow by. Each mail
brought long loving letters from the
enamored Smith-White, who counted
.the days when his hateful business
should be acconiplished,;nnd he should
be at last able to return and claim his
bride.
wife should come to kiln handsomely
equipped for the round of country-
house visits he meant to take her, im-
mediately after the first} few weeks of
the honeymoon were over.
Miss Madison, upon this, went tothe
best people and ere long had ordered‘a
trousseau‘f modest undirecherche mag-
nificence. The letters of her lover be-
came more ardent. Ho bogged-that the
marriage might take place at' Easter,
when be calculated he would have just
reached England.
In a few weeks a lettcr came, an-
nouucing that he had roachcd Paris.
where he was just stoppiqg enpassant to
buyafew pretty trifles for his bride.
correspondence, followed by a letter
from an English friend Of Mr. Smith-
\Vhites's, who had met him at his hotel,
telling of his sudden illness. brought on
by over-traveling and over-excitement.
After this cameo telegram announcing
his death. . . - -
Terrible, terrible downfall of high
hopes! Was ever any girl so much to
be piticd ? Madge Madison turned
white to her very lips with the shock of
the news. She walked blindly out of
the room, up the shabby stairs, and,
locking herself alone in "her bedroom,
sat down to face the awful collapse of
her bright expectations.
The next day brought some ameliora-
tion of the situation to 001.. Madison,
though his daughter could‘hardly be ex- ‘
pected as yet to take comfort in it. The
same friend wrote to say; that his un-
fortunate fellow countryman‘s last not
had been to sign a hurriedly prepared
will, leaving everything he possessed to
his betrothed wife. He had-expressed
a wish that the whole Madison family
should provide themselves" with proper
mourning. and be present at his funeral,
which was to take place at Kensal
Green, the following Thursday. The
writer stated that he was "making all
necessary arrangements; and he'should
start for London with the remains that
very night. ' ‘ _
The widowed bride-elect seemed
stunned by the extent of her misfortune
in losing thus cruelly the best and most
generous of men. Her pitying sisters
procured her ,mourning, and their own,
from the some celebrated artists who
had executed the wedding order.
The fabrics were of the richest. Severe
and elegant simplicity in was is expen-
sive; but what of that l” i Was'this a
time to baggle over the price of nccdful
garments todo honor to like memory
of a noble-hearted benefactor ?
Thursday morning saw the whole
family arrayed in their cables ready to
set out on their mournfuljourney. A
coach from the nearest jobmastcr's, the
driver being indecent black. so as to
be in harmony with the melancholy
occasion, pulled up at the door.
The four black-roiled ybung figures,
with Col. Madison, took their eeatcs in
it, Barbara sitting bodkin—her eyes
bright with excitement-for even a
funeral was something to';her', asshe
had but fcwdistractions. They'arrived
punctual to the minute attho cemetery,
and waited for the funeral certogo to ap-
pear. Time went on, but: it did not
come. One hour. two hours, passed in
anxious expectation, and still the
funeral lagged strangely on the road.
Col. Madison interviewed the oficiuls.
No notice of Mr. Smith-White's inter?
ment had been given. Other groups of
black-robed figures came weeping,
buried their dead. and went away, and
still the colonel and his daughters
lingered, unwilling to be accused here-
after of any luck of respect to the de-
ceased. _ .
001. Madison went that evening to
Kcnsington, to see the lady at whose
house his daughter had first met her
betrothed. but only to find to his sorrow
that the house was to lot, and that no
trace of Miss Rigley was to be found.
Nothing, therefore, was to be ascerr
tained from that quarter. He was at a
lossto know where else to apply for
imformation, and so waited patiently
with the hope that the post would
bring some explanation. V
But no such explanation came. '-Puz-
zled and furious, the colonel telegraphed
to the hotel in Paris, for particulars of
Mr. Smith-White's death. and the sub-
sequent disposal of his remains. An
answer came back that no such person,-
nor any one answering to the'dcscription
had visited the hotel, and the proprietor
indignantly denied that ; any one had
died suddenly under his roof. It then
began to draw upon the unfortunate
family that they had been made the
victims of a most infamous and cruel
hoax. -
The Dowager Lady Dumbledon,
filled with pity for the pour girl thus
heartlessly made afoot of, carried her
ofi' to Brightai, charitably trusting
that change of scene might assuage the
acuteness of those agonies of shame and
mortification that the deceived and de-
serted young creature must be exper- ,
fencing. '
The tale of woes leaked out in Brigh-
ton, and awoke a perfect furor of sym~
pathy. Her behavior was pronounced
as perfect—she was so quiet, so dignified.
so patient under her unmcrited sufi‘erc
iugs.
Lady Dumblcdon became quite proud
of her young friend, who was undoubt-
edly the success of the moment, and
received the greatest possible‘attention.
,After afew weeks it was semi offici-
ally given out that Sir Reginald Dacre,
. " a. young man of family and fortune and
irreprOachable character, had success-
fully sought Miss Madison's hand,
though no formal engagement was to be
entered into for the present, So that the
poor girl might have timelto recover
her shattered feelings. ‘ ’
Meanwhile Col. Madison was receiv-
ing a great deal of sympathy. too. He
became a feature at his club, and on-
,joycd a notoriety he could well’ have
diSpcnsed with- as the father of the
young lady who had met withso ex-
traordinary and unpleasant an adven-
ture. Every one ofi’cred him advice in
the matter. '
“Hang it, colonel, the blackguard
ought to be discovered and made to pay
for it," cried one of his friends ener-
getically. “Set a detective on his
truck, man." - ._
The colonel considered his friend's
advice, and, after considerable hesitao '
tion, concluded to act on it. He there-
fore went to Scotland yard, and, on the
suggestion of an experienced officer, he
decidedto take the betrotha'l ring to
the jeweler'e whose name was in the
case, in order, if possible, to ascertain
something about the purchaser. Here
a shock awaited him. The' ring had
been ordered by a lady, with instruc-
tions that it shouldbe placed on Col.
Madison‘s account. ,
"Good heavens, Roder i" he stutterod.
‘fYou dared to put a ring like that on
my account without any authority of
mine! Could not you see that it was a
vile, infamous. disgraceful, hoax f"
A few days after this Sir Reginald
much shall be given.
Dacre’s youngcr'brothgrspn down from
He particularly desired that his '
Then came a break of three days in tho ,
London and walked into his rooms.
“ Look here, ngy. You say you are
slowly.
don’t."
Sir Reginald's cheerful face flushed.
. " What do you mean ?" he demanded
in a passion.
“I mean that sh‘e is too clever for
poor, stupid fellows like you and me.
That hoax was all a plant, got up by
‘hersclf from beginning to and. The
man never existed. He was a myth;
She took in her own people, she took in
old Dumblcdon. and she all but took in
Scotland yard, into whose hands poor
old Madison at last put the affair. The
only person, fortunately for you, that
she did not take in, was old Roder."
——oo—.-o-.-.o—_
A GREAT SCHEME”.
"Well, take my advice, and—
"This Phil Armour may be every
smart man. " said the long-haired passen-
get from Wisconsin, “but I have a
scheme that will make a million dollars
while he's making a cent—a million to
his cent I say. " ' _
"What, you 1‘"
“Yes, me. I'm the very man .that's
got the scheme. Got it right here in
mylhcad, too. And if you'll promise
not to give it away I'll tell you what it is.
You promise? All right. Well, to
it? The wheat crop of the Northwest
regulates the price in the world accord-
ing to its quality, doesn't it? As soon
as farmers get their crops harvested they
thrash it out and take it to market and
sell it, don't they? The wheat comes
in as fast as it is needed and can be
shipped, and so the price is regulated,
not by what is ofi‘ored, but by the quan-
tity raised. ain't it? Now, see here.
Suppose I get up a company ; we incor‘
potato under the laws of several States;
we send out 1,000 agents, who travel all ,
over the Northwest during the first
seven months ~of 1880; they are ten
farmers a day. or'10.000 altogether, or
80,000a week, or soy 1,500,000 farmers
during the seven months; they get each
tion, taking stock to the extent- of his
wheat crop, whatever it may be; every
former agrees under penalty not to sell
a bushel of wheat until the price touches
$2 at Chicago, and to give the associa-
tion all he- gets over $2 a bushel; these
1,500, 000 farmers will grow four-fifths of
the wheat crop of the country, and thus
we’ll have the 1886 crop in our pool;
there'll be no‘ wheat offered in the mar-
ket, and none to be had for love, food,
or money; the price will go sailing up
to about $5 a bushel in loss than ten
days after the threshing begins; the
world must have wheat, and we'll have
a corner on about all the wheat in
America. We'll make such regulations
as to the quantities to be sold that we
can keep the price at about $3 all fall-
and winter. Millions in it? Why,
millions are no name for it. The farmers
will fall over each other in their haste
to get into our association. We'll be
absolute masters of the grain market,
and fifths crop is 500,000,000 bushels
we'll make about $500,000,000. Our
expenses will be only two millions.
And that ain't all. We'll sell railroad
stocks short, because if the roads can’t
get any wheat to carry they'll lmvoto
pass their dividends, and down will go
their shares five points at a jump."
” Great scheme."
"Great scheme! Why, man, in two
years I'll be able to buy Chicago. I’ll
build apalace the walls of which shall
be $20 gold pieces. But say i"
“What?" 7 .
“Lend me half a dollar till I get my
company started, willyou f"
a“
omens or opium.
According to the Bengali legend, there
once lived on the banks of the holy
River Ganga a rishi, or sage, in whose
but, made of palm leaves-there wuss
mouse which became a ,favo‘l‘ito with
the scar, and was endowed by him with
the gift of speech. After a while the
mouse having been frightened by a cat,
at its earnest solicitation was changed
by the rishi into coat; then. alarmed by
dogs, into a dog; then into an ape, then
into a bear, then into an elephant, and ’
finally, being still discontented with its
lot, into a beautiful maiden, to whom
the sage gave the name of “Postomaui,” »
or the ”poppy-seed lady." One day
while tending her plants, the king ap-
proached the rishi's cottage, and was
invited to rest and refresh himself by
Postomani, who offered him scimc deli-
cious fruit. To deceive the king, she told
him she was a princess whom the rishi
had found in the woods and had brought
up. The upshot "was that the king
made love to the girl and they were
married by the holy sage.‘ She was
treated as the favorite queen and was
very happy ;but one day while standing
by a well she turned giddy and fell into
the water and died. The rishi then
appeared before the king and begged him
not to give way to consuming grief, as- ,
curing him that the late queen was not
of royal blood. Said he :—- ' "
“She was a mouse, and according
to her own wish, (I changed her succes-
sively into a outta dog, an ape, a bear,
an elephant and a lovely girl. Let her ‘
body remain in the well; fill up the well
with earth. Out of her flesh and bones
will grow a. tree, which shall be called
after her, ‘Posto;" that is the ‘poppy
tree.’ From this tree shall be obtained
a drug called .‘opium,’ which will be
either swallowed or smoked until the
end of time. The opium ewallower or
smoker will have one quality of each of
the animals to which Postomani was
transformed. He will be mischevone,‘
like amouse ; fond of milk like acct;
'quarrelsome, like a dog ; filthy, like an
ape; savage, like a bear; and high-
tempered, like a queen."
Lvnm. BLOOD-STAINS WASH our:
To the present day the superstition is
rife that blood-stains cannot be washed
out. During the French revolution
eighty priests were massacred in the
Carmelita chapel at Paris, and the stains
(called) of their blood are pointed out
to-day. Sir Walter Scott in his “Tales
of a Grandfather." declares that the
blood-stains of David Bizzio, the Italian .
private secretary of Mary Queen of
Scots, who was stabbed in- Holyrood
Palace by certain Protestant leaders of
her court, uiclcd'by her husband, Darn-
loy, are still to be seen. In Lancashiro
the natives Show a. stone called the
“Bloody Stone," which was so marked
to silo-v Heaven's displeasure at some of
~Cromwell's soldiers‘ atrocities at Gal-
lows Croft. In Macbeth, Act V., scene
1.. Shakespeare alludes to the idea:
“Yet here is a spot." ,
The, truth about blood not washing
out con" easily be explained. In the
it is not often attempted. In the next
place, blood contains oxide of iron.
which sinks deep into the fibre of wood,
on d proves indelible to ordinary wash-
ing. Thus it is true that stone of a
porousnaturc and wood not 'of the
hardest kind are susceptible to the stain
‘ of blood produced by the oxide of iron
which the blood contains. But the
blood of a pig is as good as that of a
murdered man.
going to marry Miss Madison," he said .
begin with, wheat is a great staple, ain't '
one of‘theise farmers to join our associa- '
first place, if that of r. murdered person, .
ARAB TREATMENT OF THE HORSE.
Let your colt be domesticated and
live with you from his tendorcst age,
and when a horse .he will be simple,
docile, faithful and iunred to hardship
and fatigue. . .
If you would have your horse to serve
'you on the day of trial, if you desire
him then to be a horse of truth, make
"him sober, accustomed to hard work
and inaccessible to fear.
Do not beat your horses nor speak
them in aloud voice; do not be angry
with them, but kindly roprove their
faults; they will do better thereafter.
for they understand the language of
man and its meaning.
If you have a long day's journey
before you, spare your horse at the start ;
let him frequently walk to recover his
wind. Continue this until he has
may ask of .him whatever you please;
he will not leave you in difiiculty.
Use the horse as you do your leathorn
bottle; if you open it gently and gradu-
ally you can easily control tho'water
therein; but if you open it suddenly
the water escapes at once and nothing
remains to quench your thirst.
Never let your horse run up or down ‘
a hill if you can avoid it. On the con-
, trary, slackon your pace. "Which do
you prefer," was asked of a horse.
"ascent or descent t" “ A curse be on.
their point of meeting !"was the answer.
Make your horse work and work
again. Inaction and fat are the great
perils of a horse, and the main causes
of all his vices and diseases.
Observe your horse when he is drink.
ing uta brook. If in bringing down
his head he remains square without
bending his limbs, he posse-sees stor‘ing
qualities,‘and all parts of his body are
built symmetrically. '
Four things he must have broad—
front. chest, loins and limbs; four
things long—neck, breast, forearm and
croup; and four things short—posterns,
buck, ears and tail.
—~——oo.——-—-—-
rmnmo vvnnoxnn runasunns.
Stories of hidden treasure have always
possessed so mysterious a charm that
when one hears of a. diver dropping into
a ship’s hold full of doubloons, the
waiter on Providence is apt to think
that the world has still some pos ibilitics
,in store. Unfortunately, however, most
of those stories break ofi‘ just at the
point where the plot gets interesting.
The gold is there, and the diver touches
the spot where it lies. But somehow or
other, the salvors never get any richer.
Sometimes, to keep their spirits up. an
ingot all incrustedlwith sand and sea
shells is brought to the surface, though
we cannot, at this moment, recall a case
in which the sunken treasure ever
repaid the-wages of the men engaged to
recover it. However, the'latest adven-
ture of this sort promises better than
the majority of its predecessors. ' Ten
months ago a Spanish mail steamer. the
Alfonso XIL, bound from Cadiz to
Havana, sank in twenty-five and a half
fathoms of water, within a mile of the
Grand Ca ‘uries. Among other vulu- ,
ables, she had on board £100, 000 in gold.
This portion of the cargo being less
likely to be damaged than the wines
and culicoes stowed alongside. it, the
underwriter who had the loss, deter-
mined, if possible,to secure it. Accor-
dingly, a salvage expedition was sent to
the scene of the wreck, and now, after
more than five months' labor. a telegram
has been‘received to the efi‘ect that the
divers have reached the magazine and
found the gold all safe : and a. late mes— '
sage states that one box of treasure has
been recovered. and that the recovery
of the remainder is certain. This is,
indeed, a stroke of luck.
—n—..-.—o-o—-
onerous mos .mwumx.
’ But few who have admired the beauti-
fully finished steel ornaments—buttons,
bracelets, brooches, olasps, etc—some-
times worn, by ladies, hlive taken the
trouble to ascertain that they seldom
consist of other than cast iron, or to
consider what a very superior class of
metal must. be employed in their menu:
facture; yet after a moment's thought
ohe'knows not which most to admire.
the elegance of the finished work. the
intricacy of the pattern and the conse-
quent skill of the molder, or the fine
quality of the metal that may be induced
to assume such claboratoand intricato
forms. Some of the articles, as brooches.
have abeauty' of network almost rival- .
ling Italian filigree in gold. yet it is not
easily tarnished, oven when exposed to
the action of the carbonic acid of .a-
crowded, . ili~vontilatod room. The
lustre has not the trying yellow or
orange of gold, nor the glaring white of
silver, but a clear. bluish. almost trans--
parent sheen from‘ which the lightie
reflected as from the diamond. And
when out into facets. as are some of the-
ornamental buttons for ladies' dresses, '
they almost rival the sparkle of the bril-
iiant. The polishing of the fwete is
performed upon an ordinary buff wheel
dressed with crocue. Berlin iron is also
largely employed in eating statucttcs.
electroplated or lacquered to resemble
bronzes, for which they are frequently
sold, and to which they are nowise info-
rior, except in the intrinsic value of the
material, as the peculiarity of the iron
used is its capacity for easy ficwing
when in a fused state, and time per-
fectly filling the most minute portions
of the mould."
A l'AMoUS KATIBB.‘
One of the famous batters of his day
was Genin, whoadvortised himself in
one way, among many. by paying in
enormous price for one of the first seats
at Jenny Lind's concert on her arrival
in New York thirty years ago. Arelo-
tivc of the hatter said to him recently :—
“Ho was full of during schemes and
made four fortunes, three of which he
lost. One of the most successful specu-
lations was with the well-known Kos-
enth hat, which was a standard style for
years. Genin hired a tug and met the
steamer on which Koesuth and his com-
panions were to arrive. He went on
board the vessel down the bay and pre-
sented Kossuth with: but which he
said had been made in his honor and
which he begged him” to wear in place
or his old one. Similar hats were dis-
tributed among members of Kossuth'e
party. The people of New York saw the
hats. Therowas only-one manufacturer
from whom the goodscould be obtained,
and the demand was so great that the
speculative hatter. who had thousands
of the hate stored away. disposed of his
stock at a great profit."
i
,If we treat all mankind with the
utmost kindness, civility and respect.
there wili‘bc author that we desire
more than to be trod so by them.
Regarding typhoon's the Government
Astronomer of Hong Kong states that
the signs of these phenomena in the
China seas are clouds offithc cirrus type,
looking like fine hair, feathers, or small
white tufts of wool traveling from east
to north. a slight rise in the barometer.
“clear-fend ‘dry. but hot" weather, and
light winds.
eweated and dried three times, and you. .
In case: or IAINTING.
The sensetionswhiclr characterize the
. act of fainting are peculiar and not
readily described. There is a feeling of
sinking and weakness, objects appear to
spin about, there is sometimes a ringing
next thing the person is‘consoious of is
a gradual recovery, after a blank. the
existence of which he pan only infer.
A bystander who sees I person faint
observes a sudden pallor of his me, a
rolling of the eyes and quivering of the
lids, a momentiry stagger. and then the
person falls to the ground in an uncon-
scious condition. or falls back in his
seatuwith all his muscles relaxed If it’s
feels his pulse he finds it weak and
rapid, perhaps so weak that it cannot be
felt at the wrist. The breathing is
irregular and feeble, sometimes hardly
perceptible but for an occasional faint
sigh. _ , '
,No'w that we finders, _ --_in a fair
measure the condition ‘3; to person
who has fainted. wears flamendition
' efforts to. restore the consortium: of '
his neighbor. He should {phones lay
has already done so for- him This is to
aid the flow of blood to the] brain. It is
well, sometimes. in severe cases, to
raise the feet, so that the head shall be
the lowest part of the body. The cloth-
ing about the neck and chest should be
loosened. that effort to breathe may find
encouragement. Care must be taken
that the base of the tongue does not'fall
back into the gullo't and choke the per5
son Windows should be opened, and
crowding about the patient prevented.
These prgpecdings are all directed.
.toward removing impediments to the
circulation, for the respiration and activ-
ity of the heart are intimately connected
with each other.
In order to more directly stimulate
the heart and incite it to proper action,
ammonia (hurtshorn) or smelling salts
held to the nose, a. little cold water
dashed on the face, rubbing the arms
toward the body, thereby encouraging
the flow of blood to the head. a sip of
V,brandy or spirits of~any kind. will all be
found useful. A deep sigh is usually
the first Sign that recovery is taking
place, then there is a slight movement
of the face or hands, and gradually con-
tciousuess is restOred and the eyes open.
After a faint, the person should lie still
for a while and take some form of light
nourishment, such as milk, milk punch
or broth—the latter hot. Ipoases where
a pclson simply feels faint without
fainting away, he should lie down, if
possible, with the head on a level with
the body and not propped up on a pillow.
In some cases, simply bowing the head
down into the lop wrll strengthen the
falling cerebral circulation sufiicient to
avert fainting.
Where fainting is theresult of severe
blending, the bleeding should be first
treated, and then efforts directed to the
restoration of conscioilsness.
——---—.-O.—--o———-
THE TYPEWRITER.
The typewriter is becomihag the indis-
pensable part of every large business
and its use .is constantly growing.
Nearly all legal writing is done with it,
and it is even employed in private
correspondence. But this is so great
an innovation upon custom that some'
people resent the" receipt of personal
letters_ which are not autographical.
They Say it implies disrespect; it
implies that the contents have been
committed to the knowledge of a copyist
. and, therefore, cease to be confidential.
This, however, is not always the case,
as the typewriter is not infrequeniqy
employed directly by writers of letters
and other documents. . The typewriter
is, however, yet in its. crude state. It
is too bulky. unwieldy and expensive.
The typewriter of the future, the type-
simple and cheap. It will be as "difier- ..
Waterbury watch is difi'ereut from the
tall “cottage" clock of our ancestors.
Its use will be early taught to children,
and the long manual discipline of the
present day with its array of copy books
and “systems of penmanship " be done
away with. In order to identify the
individual signature all persons will
probably botaught to write their names
although a. cheap and simple photo~
graphic process might enable one to
attach the portrait mlth of the signa-
ture to deeds, wills, drafts and other
papers of value. Whatever the objec-
tions. and there are some. the probe.
bilitics are that the typewriter in some
form will become well-nigh universal
and li'a‘ndwriting, like embroidery and
China painting, fancy, knitting and
piano playing. be merely a fashionable
accomplishment. Posterity will pro-
bably see the time when old manuscripts
will become bric-a-brac and ornaments
of elegant houses and choice collections,
superoeding the old pots and pans. the
blue china and brass andirons for which
the garrets and garbage heaps of the
ancients are now being ransacked by
001' actors and dealers.
AND! AL INTELLIGENCE
Bayard Taylor used to insist that
animals recognize, and remember. the
speech of their native lands. Noticing
ahippopotamus in Barnum’s museum
that looked dejected. Taylor spoke bolt
in English, but the beast did not move
his head. Then goingto another corner
of the cage. he said in Arabic. “I know
you, come here to me." The boost at
once turned his head and listened. '
Taylor repeated tlirsame words, when
the animal came to him and rubbed its
head against the bars and looked in
the face ofthe speaker with evident
delight. A It was probably homesick.
and a sound it had heard in its native
land was vastly comforting.
Alamo ox, in' Gloucester. had been
turned out to grass. but he broke pae-
ture and made his way to a blacksmith's
shop. Here he took his place in the
shoeing frame, and held up a crippled
foot to the curious smith. The dim-
culty was a small atone under his shoe.
A Paris surgeon kindly sot tholimb
of a friend’s dog, and his patient, some
_weeks after, brought him another dog
in the same plight. Dr. Barnum, of
Louisville. Ky., reports a similar case.
The patient was a black-and-tan terrier.
It resisted the doctor to the utmost.
but was finally subdued and bound up.
Four days later he came alone to the
office and had his bandages arranged.
After that he appnred once each day,
and held up his leg for examination
A recent write:- in Na gives an
instance of remarkable adaptation incle-
phauts. He obsorvoda young one go
to a fence and pull out a bamboo stick,
which he broke in pieces, but he throw.
all the pieces away. This he rcpcswd
till be secured a piece that suited him.
This ho‘ passed under his armpit and
began to scratch. Down fell a great
elephant leach. six inches long, and that
without a scraper could not have been
dislo'dged. The writer adds that the
custom is an established one among
elephants. They will also break ofi
bushes. strip them nearly down, and
nut-hank whip away dial. *
in the cars, a sense of confusion, and the '
to guide this imaginary byetanderin his .
him fiat upon his back. unless nature-
writer of the million, will be small, . 1"
cnt from the present instrument asa. :
Send it) cents postage and we will
' A GI Fill mailyou frcearoyal,valuablc sample
I
UfliiSUMPTiON
‘ -. caravan:
when the Doctors could. do
no more.
OHAS. A. GABEBERA, 32 Eavley Street.
Boston, Mass, writes:—
"One year ago I was apparently so far
gone with Consumption that my
seemed only a question of days rather
than months. With my faith in the ability
of physicians to help me all one, I tried
almost every known reme y, with no
apparent benefit Finally, as a. last rc-
sort, I was induced to try Du. R C.
Frowsn‘s LUNG CORDXAL. The very first
dose gave me relief, and with the first
bottle 1 took a new lease of life, and I can
honestly say‘to—dnythat-one spoonful .of
this remedy is woljth more to the sufferer
from Lung troubles than a gallon of any
other known remedy. - A bottle of it is
now one of my choicest possessions, ind,
at the first symptou of a cough or ,cold
I fly to it for the relief it never fails to
give."
Du. F‘Lowsu’s LUNG Con-
DiAL is without question
the most wonderful "Lung
remedy ever disenvere'd.
it eradicates the germ
of Consumption as no remedy
has ever been known to do
it stands without a rival for
Coughs, 0.1.13, Bronchitis,
Asthma and Consmnph'on. ‘
Price $1.00 pl-r bottle.
A Cnpy of Dr h‘lowcr’s Rules
For the Tr atmcnt of Con-
sumption accompanies each
bottle. .
Flower Medicine 00.,
BOSTON. MASS.
A STANDARD DIEDICAL‘WORK
her Young“ and Middle-Aged Men,
ONLY $1.00 BY MAIL. POST-PAID.
I,
KNOW ,
A GREAT MEDICAL WURK‘ (ill MANHOOD.
Exhaustive Vitality, Nervous and Physical De-
bllity, Premature Decline in Man, Errors of Youth,
and the untold miseries resulting from indiscretlon
or excesses. A book for every man, young, mid~
rile-388d .and old. It contains 125 prescriptions
for all acute and chronic diseases, each one of
which 1. invaluable. so found by the Author,
whose experience for 23 year~ is such as rcbaoly
never before fell to the lot of any physio an. 300
pages bound in beautiful French muslin, embossed
covers. full guilt, guaranteed to be a finer work in
every sense—mechanical, literary and professional
——than any other work sold in this country for
$2.50, or the money will be refunded in every in-
stance. Price only $1.00 by mail, post-paid;
illustrative sample 6 cents. Send now. Gold
medal awarded the author by the National Medical
Association. to the President of which, the Hon.
F. A. illsseil, and assooiate officers of the Board
the reader is respectfully referred. -
The Science of Life should be read by the young
for instruction, and by the afflicted for relief. it
will benefit elk—London Lancet.
There is no, member of society to whom The
Science of Life would not be useful, whether youth.
parent, guardian. instructor or clergyman —A roo-
m i
u .
' Address the Peabody Medical Institute, or Dr.
W. H. Parser, No. 4 Bulfinch street, Boston, Mass.
who may be consulted on all diseases requiring skill
and experience. Chronic and obstinate diseases
that have baffled the skill of other “ ,l,‘ A Lphy-
cians a specialty, Such treated one 1 cess
3:3" Yii’fl’é‘l fillfli'e‘fi" ‘l'yll"‘TH YSELF
,. .10: working people. Send 10 cents poe
H gillPage, and we will mai. you free, a roya
valuable sample box of goods, that wi
put you in the way of ranking more money in a few
days than you ever thought possible at an business
Capital not required. You can live at ome and
work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both
, sexes. of all ages,graiidly successful, 60 cents to so
easily earned every evening. That all who want
work may test the business, we make this unparal-
leled offer: To all who are not well satisfied we will
send-$1 to pay for the trouble of writing us. Fol
_ particulars. directions etc. , sent tree. immense pay
absolutely sure for all who start at once. -Don’tde-
lay. Address. Srrssou a 00.. Fenland; Maine.
“a.
‘ fainting
liltiimllmflmnvpmm mama
PROPRIETOR:
L. B. SUTTON. New Canaan. Gt.
For Catarrh and Cold in the "outfit has not an
equal. (lives immediate relief. Pleasant to use.
Causes no sneezing. Restores the diseased mem-
brane to a healthy condition. ,
—-—Perslstent Use Assure: a I’eri'el:t‘Cul'cl-—-~
alleviates Catarrhal Headache. ‘50 cents by mail
and at drugglsts. R. W. Rosmsou .2 son, Whole-
sale Agents. 184 Greenwich street, New York.
For sale by Geo. B. Plaistcd, Norwalk. lyis
$230 00 . cents postage. and by mail you will
v i ' getfrec a package of goods of large
value, that will start you in wart: that will at once
bring you in money faster than anything erse in
America. All about the $200,000 in presents with
each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of eitner
sex, of all ages, for all the time or spare time only,
to work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for
all workers absolutely assured. Don’t delay. H.
Human at (20.. Portland, Maine. '
RUPTURE
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m presents given away. send us 5
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Open day and evening. Sundays till 2 p. m. Ee-
tablishcd 15 years. Book for 2 cent stamp. iys
box of goods that will put you in the
way of making more money at. once
than anything else in America. Both sexes of all
3 es can live at home and work in s are time. or
al the time. Capital not required. ewil! start
you. Immense gay sure for those who start at
once. Swissox 130., Portland. Maine. iyee
--——8POR'l‘8M’AN’S—-—~
CAMPING on risulsc rears
or all Kinds, Shapes and Sizes.
Yacht and Canoe Sails
‘ of most appoved styles. Also
--—-Aw N IN ~' +5——
lt'or Store Ffonts. Windows. Yacht Boats, etc.
New Style or
-——CANOE TENTS—
, Made at low figures.
Flags, Burgess and Covers, of all kinds.
Camp Stoves. Camp Chairs, Sucking Bottoms,
Hammocks. all kinds of
PAW!) Y TEJV 1'8.
and in fact anythilF made from canvas when an
intelligent descript on is given of what is needs 1.
My beautifully illustrated circular now ready
Send stamp for price list. Allin es
s. HEMMENWAY to south
matures
N. Y City.
maybe found is
file at 6:0. ‘1’
Bowen. I 00‘:
roan (10 8
Z per Ad e Bu
mm? “m Willi.
n
be aids for a in _
' arise camera autumn
" ' with! uceras I have taken the
Twig??? one Malt-ht: chidest sitd largest estab-
' ' lishments in the state torthe sale of
Harness . Saddles Eaiters, Sur-
‘ciugles, Go lore, so.
I shall also Make
Fine Harness to Order,
as usual. at the old stand,
No. 7 WATER STREEST.
‘ 1 k lar line of Win ponges
'“mdn'dlnolif fillings. Robes. recaps'irn.
Traveling Bags. ac ‘
J'- F‘. PEOKELL.
lite ,
' 62 Washington street, South larval.
1’ ETTE.
Two DOLLARS A YEAR.
Births. Marriage:- and lieuths..v.lseneu his. ' ,,
Queszlouble udvrts. not inserted a any we.
All Bills Colleculhlr Maul-fly and 7m
' Accounts at pro vale Rates
Job Printing ofevory Va to" I
Inna-u. 9mm: u o (incl-om E: In“
For Sale Cheap.
fLLbc sold at a Bargain, if applied for soon
a small. nest Cottage, of six: come. in good
neighborhood and three minntee' walk of the
sum. Apply at oszs'rra OFFICE.
For Sale.
A Chestnut Standing Desk. App’ymat 0
‘ . s
MOI.
For Sale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made by John
Blislett. London. Will be sold cheap for
cash. Enquire at this once. '
Two— ——
Wheeler's: Wilson Sewing Machines
‘ For Sale at a Great Sacrifice!
One old at 0 Wheeler 1 Wilson so~ Machine
in fair run g order, which cost us. w be sold
if applied for protnptiy, for 810.
One ditto, wetnewno, will be sold for-.25. l
in in perfect order, and no machine ll. capable 0
doing better work. it is really worth “0. Appi
It the Calm Onset.
F.;'~_.'I_I.' mack WELL,
’ ARCHITECT,
so. 7 wires smear.
' Gill ert Lock company. ,
Dibble Manufacturing Company‘s door
' knobs.
New York Wood Turning CompauyJ-j.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Bulusters.
u u u H NCWBIS.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short‘notice.
> Bill lllis Testimonial. '
llr. Gen. '8. I’laisled:
Dear Sir.“
Knowing the formula. from
which. Pmisled’.' Cough
Remedy is prepared we can
certify that the medicines
ofwhich it is composed, are
of recognized utility for
throat and lung troubles,
and that it contains nu
opium or any poisonous or
injurious drug‘s.
ELERY C. CLARKE, l. D., NMWn‘k.
C. A. MURRAY. M. D..
DEXTER HITCHCOCK. M. D., “
o. R. McGONEGAL, M. D.,
. WM. 0. nouns. M. D., So. Norwallr.
C. G. BOHANNAN. M. D.,
E’s. MINER. M: D.,
o. w. BENEDICT, M. D.,
B. HUNGERFORD. M. D., Stamford.
W. 8. TODD, M. D . Ridgefield.
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MANUFACTURED BY
coo; B. Ploistod,
DRUGGIST, ,
Collier Main and Wall Sil‘ttii; Norwall.
GRAIN, »
_ FLOUR,
VFEED,
GOAL.
’0 W001), _
AND
HAY,
a.
Must be Sold Regardless of
host. at
Raymond Bros’,
south Norwalk.
OLD FACTS
WITH
NEW FACES!
lLL Tli'llililil. PUjiSliS.
This is a careful selection of
household receipts for Cooking,
Curing, Cleansing and in short
giving the most approved modes
of doing everything connected
with our daily family living, It
is a-book of' 155 pages and every
receipt given has been practically
tested'and approved. The book
is issued by the compiler and sold
for the purpose of liquidating the
debt upon the Episcopal Parson-
age at New Canaan,
Bound in Cloth, 75 Cents.
u u Paper, 50 .“-
For Sale at. all news stands-and
at the GAZETTE OFFICE. “23 .4
. Mus. L. A. DENSLOW.
New Canaan. June 1, 1885.
' Number 6.
it:
w. .. columns,
EURNISHING UNDERTAKER
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT,
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.
GEO. WARD SELLECK,
HAROENBROOK’S BLOCK. WALL STREET,
FAMILY cnocsulss.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
lock Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
J. BELDEN HURLBUTT.
Attorney and Counsellor at La:
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
F.A.Guntniar,
F URRIER.
rm mm, BEGLEANED a. loom»
New Furs Made 20 Order.
Samples on hand.
Mahackemo Hotel, South Norwalk,
Under Banks .8 Snyder.
cmat
SPECIAL alllcilss V
.._m.___
Choice Building Lots-
Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue,
Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue. Eu-
quire at GAZETTE OFFICE, or of
ms - B. J. STURGES.
PENSIONS
-—-:AND:—
flovlnrolment Ulai’ms.
My sole business. Thousands have lilghts
Neglected. Address._free of charge, or visit,
GEN. W. E. NOBLE,
91 Stratford Avenue.‘Bndgeport, Conn
H’. H 111E It KER.
54 Main Street.
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN,
Practical Plumber,
steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers’ and
Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas run arcs.
Jobbing promptly attended to. ‘ y21
O. E. WILSON,
General insurance & Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Room No. aGazette Building Norwnlk. Conn.
a 4‘ TNA lN'sUicANCE 00., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CH‘ITAI. use ASSETS, 88.902.272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by Flre..on
'tcrms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the] we of compensation COWLES a MERRILL,
Sole gents for Norwalk and vicinity.
THE ‘
Norwaik Fire insurance Go.
Has now completed its
18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses. No sound. company insurer:
[or less. ‘
W. C. S'raxxr. Pres. s. E. nursrusn, Tress,
GEO. R. COWLRF Rm. etary.
A CARD.’
Having purchased the
FURNITURE BUSIN ESS
Recently carried on by WILLIAM Locxwoon at
’No. 36 MAIN STREET,
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture. both STAPLE AND
ORNAIENTAL. I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell
.VERY CHEAP FOR CASH
lshailbepleased to meet a1; old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfaction in
every case.
grocer. H. RAYMOND.
rerun L. uUloUE,
FLORIST illliiilii Ylilll,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery.
rtonwanm, - court.
Dealer in in Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
ta] Trees Shrnbbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
to order. 41y!
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
JOHN n. 8111111,
FLORIST, .
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD, ‘
City of Roach Nos-walk. Con”
Plants &Flowers at all seasons
Fluvvers for Eunerals furnished and tastefully
arranged to order at short notice.
J. G. Gregory Gr. 00.,
Desire to state that in addition to a full line of
Drugs. Proprietary Medicines and lirugglsts’
Sundries they are prepared to receive
orders for
Silk. Cotton or Linen
ELAS'rm HSSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to _
fit. and at reduced rates.
0
They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine (0.. and wul
keep a supply of
PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS
Constantly on hand.
They have in stock Electric Batteries. which
will be sold at close figures. They carry also a ful;
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets.
' BRUMMEL’S
COUGH DROPS
Genuine have “A H. B." on Each Drop.
WHOIESALE HOUSE.
408 AND 410 GRAND STREET,
8m“ NEW YORK CITY.
Building Lots,
011 _ WiltOu mo}.
Apply to
a. J. armless. or o. n.wn.solv, ’
oazm'rn summits m -
WPRS
WANTED TO EXCHKNGE.
ANurly new light buggy barn solid meta
trimm . for I ton of . clean. old
direct the Gm Om
7
l meadow lay.
omnonorax nannnr.
In the afternoon a visit was paid to
the palace where the king was to hold a
levee. The coatumes of the party were ,
varied, some in full evening dress, some '
in black swallow-tails and white ducks.
some with white neokties, some with
black, some with high waistcoats, some
with low, and some with none at all;
the happy" possessor of a pair of gray
kid gloves was regarded with much envy.
Walking into the palace without knock-
ing or ringing. for the very good reason
that it was destitute of hell or knocker,’
we found ourselves in a gaudily painted
hail, furnished with gilded tables and
chairs, where soon appeared a scantily
clad gentleman smoking a cigarette,
who, having glared ,superciliously at us
for a moment, retired through a door so
covered with black finger-marks that we
mistook it. for the coal hole. He
re-appeared, however, almost immedi-
ately with a bottle and vanished.
Slightly dauntod by this inhospitable
reception, we seated ourselves to await
further results. After some time
another scantily clad individual ‘
appeared, this time through the front
door, and informed us that the king had
a fever and could not receive.
He recovered sufiiciently, however, to
entertain us in the evening at the ballet,
when he proved to be an amiable-look-
ing gentleman of about fifty, arrayed
in a white coat. a mauve shawl around
his loins, ruby stockings and black
leather shoes, and wearing his hair
bound up with a white fillet. The
bullet took place in the king's private ‘
dancing hall. which, in addition to the
usual lamps, was lighted by the ordinary
cotton wick and cocoanut oil of the
country. floating in very classical bronze
tripods. The dancers’ dresses of scarlet
and gold, gurmounted by the gilt Spiro-
shaped heud-uress, were most gorgeous,
but the dances utterly tedious—tho *
same contortions of fingers, bending of
knees, and ungainly spread-eagle pos-
tures that are seen in all native dances
from India to Japan. The orchestra
and chorus were, however, more worthy
of notice. The latter was composed of
'twenty or thirty women. wearing round
their shoulders brightpcolored Cambod-
gian shawls, who sang ina very high
key, and struck together two sticks to
make music. The orchestra, besides
tom-toms, drums and flutes, numbered
a Swiss gigliara—liko instrument. but of
‘much greater range. with a very mellow
tone; and another. an arrangement in
half-circle of small gouge on a frame,
in the centre of which sat the performer
using a leather headed drum-stick.
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ALCOHOL AND '1‘“ 314009.
Science of today joins with Moses of
old in saying “the blood is the life.‘
It is so in the Sense that it feeds all the
tissues ; conver that prime requisite of
all animal life, the oxygen, from the
lungs to every particle of the bodily
structure ; receives the dead matter por-
petually' being thrown off from the
myriads of life-elaborating cells, and
“transports it to the various organs which
eject it from the system ; is the source
of all the vital heat, through the chemical
changes constantly taking place with
in it. So dependent is all life on this
fluid that. should the blood fail, for an
instant, to reach the brain, all conscio
ousness would at once cease, and for a
few seconds life would cease.
Now all alcohol taken . into the
stomach is absorbed by its veins and _
curried straight to the right Side of the
heart, thence through the lungs, and
then back to the left side of the heart,
whence it is borne toevery organ and
tissue of the system. As it reaches the
liver and kidneys some of it is elimi-
nated, but most of it continues in the
circulating fluid, disturbing the organic
functions and efi‘ecting various harmful
structural changes, and becoming itself
also chemically changed.
One of the constituents of the blood
is fibrine—that element which causes
blood when drawn from the body to
coagulate, or clot. Alcohol has an ex-
ceedingly strong affinity for water;
hence, when'in excess. it may either
abstract the water from the fibrine. and
thus cause it to coagulatein the body.
.or, on the contrarytso fix the water
with the fibrine, as to destroy its power
to coagulate. The blood of those who '
have died of alcoholic excess has been
in these two opposite but unnatural
states. .
The most important part of the blood
is the red globules. :The microscope
has actually watched the disturbing
efi‘cct of alcohol on these globules—reu-
dering their smooth outline rough and
even star-like, sometimes wholly chang-
ing their proper shape. and causing
ih-m to run together and adhere in
rolls. The effect is to impair their
power to absorb gases, and also their
ability to pass through the arteries.
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THE HUB! AN STOMACH.
After long and carefully made digests
of mathematical calculations and practi-
cal experiments, science has reached
the conclusion thuta stomach is cheaper
to keep than a gizzard. In proportion
to their respective sizes and weights
bird's appetite is somewhere near twenty
times as great as a man's. If an Eng-
lish sparrow cats at a single meal one
of the largest snails produced by its
native country, as be frequently does, a
man with a giZzard. would require a
whole round of beef at one sitting. The
robin redbreast, again, requires a daily
portion of feed equ .1 to fourteen lineal
feet of fishworm to keep him in it nor-
mal condition of health. Preserving
proportions, such a gizzard appetitein
a man would demand of the largest
bologna sausage known to the German
population, a diurnal longitudinal mass
equal to sixty-seven feet. Given, man
as large a gizzard, multiply the result-
ing consumptive power by the earth's
population, and the result would be ap-
palling. No man could earn sufficient
to eat, and the products of all lands
would be totally inadequate to the
market demand. It were better that in
the economy of nature men continue to
be supplied with stomachs, and that
gizzards be relegated to the bipeds of
the feathered species, except, so far as
the word ”gizzard " may be used in the
figurative sense to indicate the presence
in man of that place where he carries
his Ii grit. "
BRIDGES.
The first bridges were of wood. and
the earliest in which we have any ac-
count was built in Rome. 500 B. O.
The next was erected by Julius Caesar
for the passage of his army across the
Rhino. Trajan's great bridge over the
Danube, 4,770 feet long, was made of
timber. with stone piers. The Romans
also built the first stone bridge. which
crossed the Tiber. Suspension bridges
are of remote origin. A Chinese one.
mentioned by Kitchen, was made of
chains supporting arcadway 830 feet
inlength. was built A. D. 65, and is
still tobe seen. The first large iron
bridge was erected over the Severn in
1777. The age of railways has brought
a remarkable development in this
branch of ngileerins
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